Chinese Pottery Stoneware - Types Dynasties Periods / Scarce Illustrated Book

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Given 96 full-page black-and-white photographs, 24 full-page color photographs, and nine line drawings, this early out-of-print book provides a scholarly study of antique Chinese pottery and stoneware including Dynasty periods of production.
CHINESE POTTERY AND STONEWARE
.  By Albert W.R. Thiel, Thomas Nelson & Sons, NY, 1953.
“Previous books on Chinese pottery and porcelain have been based on inaccurate and varying translations of Chinese writings.  Mr. Thiel, on the other hand, has carefully and studiously avoided speculations and fantasies, confining himself absolutely to the facts.  Beginning with the Chou and Han Dynasties of 1122-206BC and covering the periods up to and including the Ch’ing Dynasty of 1644-1912AD; all that the collector needs to know about style, workmanship, color, texture, glaze is included here with stress on exact information.  Naturally, chapters are devoted to the all-important T’ang and Ming Dynasties.  Mr. Thiel’s final chapter – Advice for Collectors – is in itself a practical storehouse of wise counsel and helpful hints.  This is particularly important since the average dealer is not always in a position to discriminate between categories; or sometimes to weed out the genuine form the spurious.”
Referencing the Table of Contents, this rare book reviews the following periods by chapter:  Chou to Han Dynasty (1122-206 B.C.); Han Dynasty (206 B.C. – 220 A.D.); Six Dynasties-Sui (220 – 617 A.D.); T’ang Dynasty (618 – 906 A.D.); Five Dynasties (906 – 960 A.D.); Sung Dynasty (906 – 1280 A.D.); Yuan Dynasty (1280-1367 A.D.); Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 .D.); and Ch’ing Dynasty (1644-1912 A.D.).  The profuse illustrations, accompanying captions, and in-depth narrative make this book an invaluable resource reference work for the study of antique Chinese pottery and porcelain.
7.25” x 10.25” hardback with dust cover in very good condition.  204 pages.
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